B29C 70/384
Fiber placement heads
Official title: {Fiber placement heads, e.g. component parts, details or accessories}
B29C70/384 (Fiber placement heads) appears on 333 US grants and 399 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 333
- Published applications
- 399
- Assignees
- 127
- Inventors
- 507
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 11 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 9 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 8 | 27 |
| 2018 | 13 | 52 |
| 2019 | 19 | 46 |
| 2020 | 46 | 27 |
| 2021 | 42 | 37 |
| 2022 | 28 | 42 |
| 2023 | 28 | 18 |
| 2024 | 22 | 27 |
| 2025 | 26 | 23 |
| 2026 | 14 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fiber application machine provided with a tension limiting system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,770 B2Coriolis Group
- Fiber application head with retractable flap28 Jul 2026US 12,691,646 B2Coriolis Group
- Composite lobe joint and manufacturing method28 Jul 2026US 12,691,647 B2Goodrich Corporation
- Filament winding device and filament winding method21 Jul 2026US 12,686,184 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Automated fiber placement system configured to lay down a plurality of widths of composite tapes16 Jun 2026US 12,654,407 B2The Boeing Company
- Automated fiber placement assembly with pressure roller10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264347 A1General Electric Company
- Fiber application machine with particular fiber conveying means13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233474 A1Coriolis Group
- Systems and methods for mitigating internal thermal stresses in thermoplastic composite layups16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200183 A1Wichita State University
- Fibre placement machine and method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184026 A1Coriolis Group
- Method and system for manufacturing an aerostructure18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166809 A1Electroimpact, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and process for producing fiber reinforced composite objects360US 5,936,861 ANanotek Instruments, Inc. · 1999
- Three dimensional printer for fiber reinforced composite filament fabrication245US 9,126,367 B1Markforged, Inc. · 2015
- Three dimensional printing175US 10,076,876 B2Markforged, Inc. · 2018
- Three dimensional printer for fiber reinforced composite filament fabrication159US 9,327,453 B2Markforged, Inc. · 2016
- Apparatus and method for printing long composite thermoplastic parts on a dual gantry machine during additive manufacturing127US 10,071,525 B2Thermwood Corporation · 2018